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Samsung's Galaxy S8 Active Looks Like a Rugged LG G6 (theverge.com)
The Wireless Power Consortium has released a leaked image of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 Active. While it's only one photo, the image shows a smartphone greatly resembling LG's G6. The Verge reports: First, the display: the S8 Active won't have curved edges, like the regular S8. The big question this year was what Samsung planned to do about the screen, since curved glass may be more susceptible to cracking, and Samsung seems to have decided the best option was to get rid of it altogether. Instead, the S8 Active has a flattened out look but retains the S8's rounded corners, making the front of the phone look a lot like LG's G6. Samsung seems to have made the bezels a little bit larger on the S8 Active, particularly on the sides. But overall, the front of the phone still seems to get fairly close to the nearly all-screen look of actual S8. The second thing this photo shows is that Samsung isn't putting buttons back on the front of the phone. That's not necessarily a huge surprise, but it'll make the device a bit harder to handle when wet, since owners will be relying on the touchscreen. And finally, this photo reveals a bit of what Samsung is doing to make the phone rugged. All four of its corners bump out, suggesting they've been reinforced to absorb shock should the phone get dropped; it looks a lot like what Samsung has done in the past.
Samsung should be sued into oblivion. Can anyone justify all of Samsung's patent infringement? Why should Samsung be allowed to shown such disrespect toward intellectual property?
Wow, you are an idiot.
It is a phone.
I love stacking my barbecues in the shed at the end of summer - you can't beat a bit of grill on grill action.
But can it start a fire?
I upvoted as funny, didn't realize it wouldn't show what the upvote was for.
I'm assuming this is making fun of intellectual property defenders.
I have girlfriends whose faces could do some cracking, and I get rid of them altogether too! Great minds, Sammy!
Oh my God and they can both make phone calls! How does a person choose one over the other?
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
What is the point of a "tough" phone that is so long and thin that it will crack the moment you sit on it ?
People want small, thick, solid phones THAT GO IN THEIR BACK POCKET !
The rest of the "ruggedised" nonsense is wankhype.
Great model! But a a little overpriced this days ; even for a rugged! I have seen some AGM models around with a better PPR: now the x1 18k gold edition have been released! i have such fond memories of this phone, tho it started my passion for rugged phones :)
How Samsung can make a rugged Galaxy S8 which I presume it won't sell many units but can't be bothered to make one with a removable battery.
The conclusion is not many people care about removable batteries or they'd rather keep the programmed obsolescense of fixed batteries than cash our money
i'm still using my galaxy s5 active. it's survived about a dozen drops at 10+mph while riding my bike, maybe a dozen straight up hands-failed-to-work-right drops, a pair of skitters across the room, and a couple dozen falls from my bedside stand when I can't open my eyes to turn off the alarm... It has started behaving a little poorly lately (slow to respond at times) though I'd say I'm thoroughly impressed with it's longevity. Before this, I'd been through 2 nexus phones in a year...
When I read the title all I could think of was this song (Like a G6).
Crap. My bro was waiting for this phone to come out to replace his aging S4 Active. He really, really loves physical front buttons. He's going to disappointed if they're lacking on this year's edition.